US, SKorea to begin scaled-down drills amid virus spike

A man stands with a banner to oppose the joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States near the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The countries will begin their annual joint military exercises this week, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. But a spreading coronavirus outbreak has apparently forced the allies to scale back an already low-key training program mainly involving computer-simulated war scenarios. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A man stands with a banner to oppose the joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The countries will begin their annual joint military exercises this week, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. But a spreading coronavirus outbreak has apparently forced the allies to scale back an already low-key training program mainly involving computer-simulated war scenarios. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)